Annotation:Galway Kids
X:1 T:Galway Kids Irish Jig M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:A.S. Bowman – “J.W. Pepper Collection of Five Hundred Reels, Jigs, B:etc.” (Phila., 1908, No. 64, p. 16) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C G2 (^F/G/ e)dc|Bcd c3|G2 (^F/G/ e)dc|dgg g2a| gfe def|ged cBA|GEG Adc|1 BAB c2z:|2 BAB c2|| |:e/f/|g2e c2 e/f/|g2e c2 e/f/|ged cBc|dBG G2 e/f/| gag fgf|efe def|gec def|1 ecc c2:|2 ecc c2z||
GALWAY KIDS. American, Jig (6/8 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The tune is characterized as an "Irish Jig" (i.e. 6/8 time) in the J.W. Pepper collection, but this is only to differentiate the genre from the "straight jig", a duple time, reel-like piece popular in the late 19th century. Despite the title, there is little of Irishness in the character of the melody (and rather more of the stage), nor is the tune really meant to be masquerading as a jig from Ireland; the term "Irish Jig" only serves to clarify the meter.
